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Acts 28:11

And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux.

KJV

Μετὰ δὲ τρεῖς μῆνας ἀνήχθημεν ἐν πλοίῳ παρακεχειμακότι ἐν τῇ νήσῳ Ἀλεξανδρίνῳ, παρασήμῳ Διοσκούροις.

Greek NT

Post menses autem tres navigavimus in navi Alexandrina, quæ in insula hiemaverat, cui erat insigne Castorum.

Vulgate

And after three months we set sail in a ship of Alexandria which had wintered in the island, whose sign was The Twin Brothers.

ASV

And after three months, we sailed in a ship of Alexandria, that had wintered in the island, whose sign was the Castors.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Διόσκουροι
dioskouroi
noun · 1×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
μήν
men
noun · 19×
μετά
meta
preposition · 469×
νῆσος
nesos
noun · 9×
παράσημος
parasemos
noun · 1×
παραχειμάζω
paracheimazo
verb · 4×
πλοῖον
ploion
noun · 66×
τρεῖς
treis
adjective · 67×
ἀνάγω
anago
verb · 23×
Ἀλεξανδρῖνος
alexandrinos
adjective · 2×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

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SBLGNT: ἀνήχθημεν | WH/Treg/NIV: ἀνήχθημεν | RP: ἤχθημεν
  • ἀνήχθημεν — SBLGNT
  • ἀνήχθημεν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἤχθημεν — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

If Paul had known any mysteries unrevealed to the other apostles, Luke, his constant companion and fellow-traveller, could not have been ignorant of them; neither could the truth have possibly lain hid from him, through whom alone we learn many and most important particulars of the Gospel history. 1. But that this Luke was inseparable from Paul, and his fellow-labourer in the G…

Cross-references

  • Acts 27:6 — And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing into Italy; and he put us therein.
  • Acts 27:6 — And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing into Italy; and he put us therein.